Improved castek-stand



@uiten gisten ila-:tent @fitte CHARLES HEISTLE, 0E BROOKE-YN, NEW YoRK.Letters Patent No. T2358, dated December 31, 1867.

IMPROVED cAsTER-STANE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES REISTLE, of' No. 46 State street, Brooklyn,in the county of Kings, in the State of New York, have invented a newand improved'Custer and Bottle-Holder; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingiis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which drawingi Figure 1 represents a caster containingmy improvement.

Figure 2 is a pien view.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. i

This invention consists in providing casters with springs forl holdingand securing them in place, so that they will not be liable to becomeaccidentally displaced, or to fall out of their proper positions. The'springs can be of various forms, so long as they accomplish the objectof holding the cruets in place. I

In this example I place the springs on the upper part-s of the standardofthe caster, and make them bifurcatcd, so as to allow thel necks of thecruets or bottles to enter between their forks and divisions.

The invention is also applicable to hottie-holders for dressing-bureausandsideboards.

The letter a designates vthe base, and the letter b the, standard ofaffiasterftofwhich my improvement is applied. The base has divisions orspaces with ridgesf, which mark the-place for the bottom of the cruet orbottle e, the ridgefholding the same in proper position, and preventingitfroni slipping or sliding oii` the base. The upper part of thestandardhas springs d, which project from brackets on the standard, ordirectly from the standard, as may be preferred. The use of the bracketsadds to the good appearance of the caster, and enables une to employ agreater variety of ornaments to set it off to advantage. The springs dare' bifurcated, or, in other words, made with =two leaves, the ends ofthe leaves being made Haring to permit the narrow neck of a eruet orbottle to enter between them, and their inner sides being madesemicircular, at a point vertically above the centre of the circularridgef of the base, so as 'to embrace the neck of the eruet or bottle,as 4shown in the drawing. The cruet is drawn away from and insertedbetween the-leaves ofthe spring with facility, and without requiring oneto lift it to a considerable height, as in the case of casters wherecruets are confined by means of a, series -of rings in which theoruetsare set. f

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,.is

As a new article of manufacture, the table-caster above'described,consisting of the base a, the ridges f, the

standard b, and brackets and springs 0l, as specified.

y This specification signed by me, -this 10th day of October, 1867.

' CHARLES REISTLE.

Witnesses:

GUsrAv BERG, H. CoNsERUeH.

